with each passing day, the prospect of massive defense cuts comes closer to reality. now one republican senator has some incredibly strong language about the obama administration's recent directive to defense contractors. we've been on this story since the beginning. mike emmanuel is here with today's development. >> good evening. a key member of the senate armed services committee, senator lindsey graham, says we are in danger of no longer being a rule of law nation. >> this is a huge deal and it is a mini queue. you're having the executive branch unilaterally telling the private sector to ignore a congressional statute, again, what kind of precedents in the future? >> he's angry will about this memo which says, quote, dol, department of labor, concluded that it is neither necessary nor appropriate for federal contractors to provide act notice to employees 60 days in advance of the potential sequestration because of uncertainty about whether sequestration will occur and if it did, what effect it would have on particular contracts. the administration also notes even i